Curved moving hair-cutting blades with triangular static blades for fade hair-cutting

ABSTRACT

The present invention discloses an advanced assembly for perfect hair fading by a user without a specialized hairstylist. The apparatus works in conjunction with a curved or straight moving blade and a triangular static blade, allowing a standardized output without any specialized training and in less time.

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BACKGROUND Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a personal grooming system and, moreparticularly, an architecture that provides curved moving hair-cuttingblades with triangular static blades for fade hair-cutting and achievinga perfect fade without requiring any specialized skills. Furthermore,the integrated device provides portability, ease of storage and astandardized viewing angle to allow the best output.

Description of the Related Art

A “fade” haircut is commonly known as the haircut style on the side ofthe head, with the hair towards the top of the head being longer thanthe bottom of the head. The fade consists of different hair lengthsgradually getting shorter toward the bottom of the head. Traditionalmeans of applying this haircut are using clippers with different sizeguards throughout the side of the head and ensuring no apparentdifferences in hair lengths.

Although various clippers in various styles and designs have beendeveloped in the past and proposed theoretical success, they all haveproblems in practice. None of them has been successful in marketing.Thus, a need remains to accomplish a new design for a perfect fadingdevice.

By looking at prior art, multiple advancements have been seen in similarregards. For instance, U.S. patent Ser. No. 13/737,943 discloses aprogressive comb for haircut fading. The comb gradually gets thickerfrom bottom to top. This comb is somewhat intended to be used as atraditional comb; however, the width of the comb keeps the hair spacedevenly to ensure a blended fade haircut. The sporadic teeth keep thehair in place while the trimmers cut the hair following the edge guideprovided on the comb. This tool gives the stylist (user) the flexibilityto provide a shorter or longer fade by adjusting the comb up or down onthe head.

A U.S. Pat. No. 5,964,037A on a hair clipper blade system for producinga fade haircut discusses a set of hair cutting blades with an electricbuzzer, comprising at least one upper blade and at least one lowerblade. The upper blade has a plurality of upper teeth and a short sideand side. The upper teeth vary in length such that they graduallyincrease in length between the short side and the long side. The upperteeth also vary in height such that they gradually increase in heightbetween the short side and the long side. The lower blade has lowerteeth uniform in both length and height. The upper blade is mounted tothe buzzer directly over the lower blade, and the blades arereciprocated against each other to create a cutting action. By apreferred embodiment, left and right facing upper blades are provided,which form a mirror image of each other such that among both of saidblades, the short side and long side are reversed.

A US patent 2,014,0283867A1 on progressive comb for haircut fading aimsto provide a seamless fade haircut along the sides and back of the head.The comb guides the hair into the comb to be cut to the desired lengthas would a standard comb; only the Fade Perfect Comb widens toward thetop. The teeth are strategically placed for even hair cutting and easeof movement of the hair. The comb fades by it descending in width whilethe teeth remain the same length for an even amount of hair to be cut.

Furthermore, there are apparatuses for providing ease of use while usingthe hair trimmers. For instance, a U.S. Pat. No. 7,051,442B2 on Ear areacomb attachment for hair clippers is issued to WAHI CLIPPER Corp WahlClipper Corp. The patent relates to an ear area comb attachment forattachment to a hair clipper having a blade set with a moving bladelaterally reciprocating relative to a stationary blade, includes a baseconfigured for attachment to the clipper and a guard formationassociated with the base for blocking access to a central portion of theblades and defining a cutting area at least one end portion. At leastone hair feed guide is associated with the base for guiding hair strandstoward the cutting area.

Another patent on a Hair trimmer with comb attachment bearing U.S. Pat.No. 5,050,305A is issued to Remington Corp LLC State Street Bank andTrust Co NA. A power-driven hair trimmer appliance is fitted with ademountable comb attachment with a similar supporting segment but a moreextensive configuration than the appliance. A plurality of discretepressure pads is provided for fitting the comb to the appliance. Thecomb may be adjusted to any position between predetermined maximum andminimum positions of trim length. At any operating position of the comb,trimmed hair will fall away from the appliance, thereby eliminating theneed to interrupt trimming operations to clean the applianceperiodically.

Another patent on Hair Cutting Machine bearing US patent 2,011,0232105A1is issued to Procter and Gamble Co. The patent provides the option ofdividing up the hair with one-handed use of the hair cutting machine fora hair cutting machine having a gripping piece, two clipper blades, aswell as a drive to generate a relative movement of the clipper blades,it is proposed that a dividing tip be provided on the hair cuttingmachine and that said dividing tip be connected to the hair cuttingmachine via a connection.

An electric hair clipper bearing U.S. Pat. No. 7,509,743B2 discloses anelectric hair clipper. A pin cam reciprocates a movable blade to performhair-cutting. A comb cap is attached to the outer surface of the hairclipper body. A drive bolt is mounted in a lower region of the hairclipper body. A tension spring is mounted around the outer peripheralsurface of the drive bolt. A nut member is provided to allow the drivebolt to be penetrated through and formed at an inner peripheral surfacewith screw grooves. A shock-absorbing spring is provided, one end ofwhich is attached to a plate fixed to an inner bottom surface of thebody and the other end is attached to a shock-absorbing bar. Up and Downswitches are formed at opposite lateral surfaces of the body at thelower ends of the lateral surfaces to forwardly and rearwardlyreciprocate the comb cap.

In conclusion, the applicant is unaware of no formerly developedapparatus, system, or method that facilitates the user in the best waypossible and provides efficient and effective output.

Looking at the prior art and market requirements, the need exists for anadvancement that provides an improved structure while being relativelyunobtrusive in a professional or private setting, easily adapted tovarious settings and locations, and easy to use with minimal training.The proposed assembly provides an improved output, ease of use, saveshair expert time, and easily gives fade in minutes.

None of the previous inventions and patents, taken either singly or incombination, is seen to describe the instant invention as claimed.Hence, the inventor of the present invention proposes to resolve andsurmount existent technical difficulties to eliminate the shortcomingsmentioned above of prior art.

SUMMARY

In light of the disadvantages of the prior art, the following summary isprovided to facilitate an understanding of some of the innovativefeatures unique to the present invention. It is not intended to be acomplete description. A full appreciation of the various aspects of theinvention can be gained by taking the entire specification, claims,drawings, and abstract.

it is a general object of the present invention to provide an improvedform of assembly which provides an improved assembly to facilitate usersachieve perfect fading without specialized training.

More importantly, it is the object of invention to provide an improvedhair styling assembly that can be used instead of a regular guard toenable users to achieve a perfectly faded haircut without any skill.

Another object is to provide an improved Hair Grooming Device that iseasy to use and can be used with minimal training.

It is another object of the invention to provide a set of hair clipperblades capable of creating angled cuts necessary to accomplish a fadehaircut.

It is also the principal object of the invention to provide two curvedmoving blades and two triangular static blades. The combination of theseblades is used for fade hair-cutting.

It is also the objective of the invention to provide the perfect fade,being adjustable to the hairstylist, customer, or user, and reducing theamount of time spent providing a fade style haircut on the site of thehead.

According to another aspect, it is also the objective of the inventionto provide an assembly which produces high-quality output.

It is also the object of the invention to provide a reasonably pricedassembly. It has high-reliability factors and is small in weight andsize, making it portable and easy to travel with or stow in mostbathroom drawers.

It is also the objective of the invention to provide an assembly whichis of durable configuration made of high-quality material. The innerparts of the assembly can sustain the high working temperature andrepeated usage.

Other aspects, advantages and novel features of the present inventionwill become apparent from the detailed description when considered inconjunction with the accompanying drawings.

This summary is provided merely to summarise some example embodiments toprovide a basic understanding of some aspects of the subject matterdescribed herein. Accordingly, it will be appreciated that theabove-described features are merely examples and should not be construedto narrow the scope or spirit of the subject matter described herein.Other features, aspects, and advantages of the subject matter describedherein will become apparent from the detailed description, figures, andclaims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying figures, where like reference numerals refer toidentical or functionally similar elements throughout the separateviews, together with the detailed description below, are incorporated inand form part of the specification and serve to illustrate furtherembodiments of concepts that include the claimed invention and explainvarious principles and advantages of those embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows the proposed design of blades when the actual blades are ontop of each other as per preferred embodiments of the invention.

FIG. 2 shows the proposed design of blades where the blade will be onthe scalp a 900 as per preferred embodiments of the invention.

FIG. 3 shows the proposed design of the W2 blade, as per preferredembodiments of the invention.

FIG. 4 shows the proposed design of the W3 blade, as per preferredembodiments of the invention.

FIG. 5 shows the proposed design of the G2 blade as per preferredembodiments of the invention.

FIG. 6 shows the proposed design of the G3 blade as per preferredembodiments of the invention.

FIG. 7 shows the complete design of the proposed assembly as perpreferred embodiments of the invention.

Skilled artisans will appreciate that elements in the figures areillustrated for simplicity and clarity and have not necessarily beendrawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements inthe figures may be exaggerated relative to other elements to help toimprove understanding of embodiments of the present invention.

The apparatus and method components have been represented whereappropriate by conventional symbols in the drawings, showing only thosespecific details that are pertinent to understanding the embodiments ofthe present invention so as not to obscure the disclosure with detailsthat will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the arthaving the benefit of the description herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Detailed descriptions of the preferred embodiment are provided herein.However, it is to be understood that the present invention may beembodied in various forms. Therefore, specific details disclosed hereinare not to be interpreted as limiting but rather as a basis for theclaims and a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art toemploy the present invention in virtually any appropriately detailedsystem, structure or manner.

The terminology used herein is to describe particular embodiments onlyand is not intended to limit the invention. As used herein, the term“and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of theassociated listed items. As used herein, the singular forms “a,” “an,”and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well as thesingular forms unless the context indicates otherwise. It will befurther understood that the terms “comprises” and/or “comprising,” whenused in this specification, specify the presence of stated features,steps, operations, elements, and/or components but do not preclude thepresence or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations,elements, components, and/or groups thereof.

The present invention is directed to provide a device with exemplaryblades and output to achieve perfect fading.

As per its preferred embodiment, this invention creates a system, amethod, and an apparatus that comprises-a combination of blades. Thecurved moving hair-cutting blades work parallel with triangular staticblades for fade hair-cutting, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 .

Users will use the Fade assembly, like a traditional clipper, for afading haircut. The user holds the tool by the handle and whether theuser is left or right-handed. The user starts by determining how long hewants the hair to be from bottom to top and, after determining, canstart at the nape of the neck and work way up. The user holds theassembly at desired length around the hairline. Once the user wants tocut further up, just simply comb the hair against the higher part of thehead and use the trimmers as before. The person repeats this up and downmotion going around their head (left, back, and right sides), endingwith a perfectly faded haircut, or “fade” haircut. Using the proposedassembly prevents any line of demarcation and cleans up the neckline,sideburns, eyebrows and behind the ears. This assembly is not intendedto be used at the top of the head. Furthermore, the assembly will comewith picture instructions to be used properly.

While a specific embodiment has been shown and described, manyvariations are possible. With time, additional features may be employed.The particular shape or configuration of the platform or the interiorconfiguration may be changed to suit the system or equipment with whichit is used.

Having described the invention in detail, those skilled in the art willappreciate that modifications may be made to it without departing fromits spirit. Therefore, it is not intended that the scope of theinvention be limited to the specific embodiment illustrated anddescribed. Instead, it is intended that the appended claims and theirequivalents determine the scope of this invention.

The Abstract of the Disclosure is provided to allow the reader toascertain the technical disclosure's nature quickly. It is submittedwith the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limitthe scope or meaning of the claims. In addition, in the precedingdetailed description, it can be seen that various features are groupedin various embodiments to streamline the disclosure. This method ofdisclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that theclaimed embodiments require more features than are expressly recited ineach claim. Instead, as the following claims reflect, the inventivesubject matter lies in less than all features of a single disclosedembodiment. Thus, the following claims are hereby incorporated into thedetailed description, with each claim standing on its own as aseparately claimed subject matter.

1: A combination of a set of hair cutting blades where an upper bladehas a plurality of upper teeth, a short side and alongside, the upperteeth vary in length whereas the teeth gradually increase in lengthbetween the short side and long side, the upper teeth vary in heightwhereas the teeth gradually increase in height between the short sideand long side; and a lower blade, the lower blade having a plurality oflower teeth which are uniform in length and height, the upper blade andlower blade are attached to the electric trimmer where the upper bladeis located directly over the lower blade such that the upper blade andlower blade are reciprocated to rub against each other to provide acutting action. 2: A haircutter's curved or straight moving blade incombination with a triangular static blade of a haircutter is used toquickly cut a fade haircut and provides portability when travelling andease of storage because of its sleek design. 3: The device to be used asclippers to achieve perfect fading: Device, as per claim 3, provides 14different types of fade settings; A device, as per claim 3, requires oneswipe action; The device, as per claim 3, has four different RPMsettings; A device, as per claim 3, provides a premium 7,000 RPM motor;A device, as per claim 3, provides up to 240 minutes of battery; Adevice, as per claim 3, is waterproof; A device, as per claim 3, iscordless and rechargeable; and, As per claim 3, a device developed fromhigh-quality material for long-term use.